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| 1956 – 78′ –\u00a0 Documentary, Classic, Films & Art. In 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot joined forces with his friend Pablo Picasso to make an entirely new kind of documentary \u2013 one that captured the moment and the mystery of creativity. For the film, Picasso created 20 artworks, ranging from playful B&W sketches to widescreen color paintings. Using inks that bled through the paper, Picasso rapidly created fanciful drawings that Clouzot was able to film from the reverse side, capturing their creation in real time. When the artist decided to paint in oils, the filmmaker switched to color film and employed the magic of stop-motion animation. By contract, almost all of these paintings were destroyed when the film was completed. The Mystery of Picasso is exhilarating, mesmerizing, and unforgettable \u2013 one of the greatest documentaries on art ever made.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE MYSTERY\u00a0OF PICASSO | 1956 – 78′ –\u00a0 Documentary, Classic, Films & Art. Written by:\u00a0Henri-Georges Clouzot. Directed by:\u00a0Henri-Georges Clouzot. Starring: Pablo Picasso. Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 1955 (Special Jury Prize winner). In French with English subtitles. A\u00a0Kino Lorber\u00a0release. | In 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot joined forces with his friend Pablo Picasso to make an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classic","category-documentary","category-films-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20943,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940\/revisions\/20943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWritten by:\u00a0Henri-Georges Clouzot.
\nDirected by:\u00a0Henri-Georges Clouzot.
\nStarring: Pablo Picasso.
\nOfficial Selection Cannes International Film Festival 1955 (Special Jury Prize winner).
\nIn French with English subtitles.
\nA\u00a0Kino Lorber\u00a0release. |<\/span><\/p>\nWATCH NOW<\/a><\/h3>\n